516 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Farm animals of the United Kingdom. 



Description. 



Great Britain. 



Ireland. 



t United Kingdom. 



1884. 



1883. 



1884. 



1883. 



1884. 



1883. 



Horses : 



Used in agriculture 



Mares and unbroken 



Cattle: 



Milch cows 



Other cattle 



Sheep : 



One year old 

 TTnder one year old 



Total sheep 



Pica* ... 



Poultry:* 



Xumber. 

 990, 490 



423, 887 



Xumber. 

 995, 073 



415, 523 



Xumber. 

 | 480, 846 



Xumber. 

 478, 912 



Xumber. 

 1, 904, 515 



Xumber. 

 1, 898, 745 



1, 414, 377 



1, 410, 596 



480, 846 



478, 912 



1,904,515 1 1,898,745 



2, 390, 803 



3, 878, 278 



2, 306, 082 



3, 656, 697 



1, 356, 455 



2, 755, 812 



1,401,072 

 2, 094, 349 



3, 764, 903 

 6, 657, 859 



3. 724, 528 

 6, 373,413 



6, 209, 141 



5, 902, 779 



4, 112, 267 



4, 09G, 021 



10, 422, 7u2 



10, &J-, 943 



16, 384, 863 

 9, 683, 491 



15, 948. 667 

 9,119, 604 



2, 027. 072 

 1, 216, 500 



1,984,612 

 1,234,486 



18,448,186 

 10, 928, 601 



17, 966. 187 

 10, 381, 373 



26, 068, 354 



25, 0G8, 271 

 2, 617, 757 



3, 213, 572 

 1,306,195~ 



3, 219, 098 

 1, 351, 990 



29, 37G, 787 

 3, 906, 205 



28, 347, :60 

 3, 986, 427 



500, 770 

 888, 313 

 2, 36S, 390 

 12, 303 539 





706, 567 

 1,883,518 

 2, 618, 530 

 •7, 537, 433 



796, 187 



2, 052, 372 

 2, 836, 847 

 7, 697, 024 



1, 210, 343 



2, 783, 237 

 5, 006,711 



19, 943, 958 



















Total poultry 





16, C61, 012 





12, 746, 048 



13, 382, 430 



28, 944, 249 











♦With the exception of those for Ireland, the numbersof pigs and poultry are exclusiye of those kept 

 in towns, and by cottagers with less than a quarter of an acre of land, 

 t Including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. 



AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS. 



"WHEAT, 1883-'84, 



Area under 

 wheat. 



Gross wheat 

 y ield. 



Average 

 per acre. 



Population 



December 

 31, 1882. 



Acres. 

 1, 084, 341 

 1, 846, 175 

 377. 706 

 290, OoO 

 41,301 

 22, 718 

 10,494 



Bushels. 

 15. 064. 438 

 14, 649, 230 

 9, 827, 136 

 4, 345, 000 

 732, 718 

 249, 900 

 145, 752 



Bushels. 



13. 89 

 7. 83 



26. 02 



14. 98 

 17. 74 

 11.00 

 13.89 



906. 225 

 293, 5o9 

 517, 7.17 

 817,468 

 122, 479 

 30, 766 

 248, 255 



3. 672, 735 

 3, 43i, 005 



45,014,174 

 31, 763, 098 



12. 26 

 9. 25 



2, 936, 409 





238, 730 



13, 251, 076 



3. 01 







Colony. 



"Victoria 



South Australia 



New Zealand 



New South Wales 



Tasmania 



Western Australia 



Queensland 



Total LS83-'84 ... 

 Total 1882-83 ... 



Increase 18S3-'84 



OATS, BARLEY, AND POTATOES, 1833-'84. 



Colony. 



Oats. 



Barley. 



Potatoes. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Acres. 



Tons. 





1S8, 161 

 5, 491 

 262, 954 

 24,818 

 23. 160 

 1, 395 

 125 



4, 717, 624 



80, 467 

 9, 231, 3*9 

 617,405 

 634, 354 

 23, 715 

 1,112 



46, 832 

 13,475 

 32, 907 

 6, 473 

 3, 205 

 5,518 

 241 



1, 069, 803 

 187, 806 

 964, 456 

 133, 050 

 81. 962 

 88, 768 

 3, 190 



40, 195 



6, 063 

 21,109 

 14, 462 



9, GO I 

 310 



5, 468 



161. 088 

 25, 557 



113, 198 

 43,461 

 34, 509 

 930 

 14, 236 





Total 



506, 104 j 15, 306, 076 | 108, 681 



2, 529, 035 



97, 201 



392, 979 



•For 1882. 



